The most important news pieces from the AI world are here for you, whether you’re an AI enthusiast or just wish to keep an eye on what’s going on.
Focus Topic: Google just changed how we use AI, again
Google just rolled out one of its biggest AI updates ever, and it’s going to affect how we search, create, and even build user interfaces.
First, there’s Gemini 3, Google’s new flagship model. It’s fast, multilingual, and smart enough to top nearly every benchmark out there. That sounds great on paper, but what matters for users is this. It can now understand more complex prompts with less effort, generate visual layouts instead of plain text, and actually help you build things, whether it’s a slide deck, code snippet or business plan. It’s already in the Gemini app, Search, Workspace, and developer tools like Vertex AI.
Then comes Nano Banana Pro, Google’s new image-generation model. While the name sounds playful, the results are serious. You can now generate clearer, more realistic images, edit them locally (change lighting, text, camera angles), and even create full infographics from a single prompt. If you’ve struggled with blurry text or inconsistent visuals in AI images, this is a major upgrade. That said, free users hit limits quickly, and watermarking is handled differently depending on your subscription level. Something to keep in mind if you’re using it for client work.
But perhaps the most surprising update is Generative UI, a tool that lets the AI create not just answers, but entire interactive layouts. Think of it like asking a question and getting back a custom-designed tool, dashboard or visual explanation instead of plain text. It’s still in experimental rollout, but hints at what AI interaction might look like in the near future. More visual, more dynamic, and much more hands-on.
LLMs & AI Models
- OpenAI launched group chat for up to 20 people with privacy-focused collaboration features in ChatGPT.
- OpenAI introduced Codex-Max, a new programming model that handles 24-hour coding sessions with better context and 30% more efficiency.
- Meta released SAM 3 and SAM 3D, models that turn photos into 3D objects using text and segmentation tools.
- Demis Hassabis said Gemini 3 will boost health access in underserved regions due to its multimodal reasoning capabilities.
- Microsoft and Nvidia signed a $15B deal with Anthropic, expanding Claude models and building custom AI chips and infrastructure.
- Microsoft introduced Agent 365, a platform to manage and secure AI agents with integration across MS 365 apps.
- xAI released Grok 4.1, focused on creativity and emotional tone with major improvements in empathy and hallucination reduction.
- Google started showing ads under AI answers in Search for some users, without the option to hide them in AI mode.
New Tools
- Perplexity released a mobile version of its Comet AI browser assistant for Android devices.
- Manus launched Browser Operator, a browser extension that allows its AI agent to work directly in local browsing sessions.
- NotebookLM now supports creating infographics and slides using the Nano Banana 2 model, speeding up visual content generation.
- Replit introduced Design, a Gemini 3-based AI tool for quickly building websites with intuitive UI features.
- Google Search added new AI travel tools, like itinerary creation, flight deals, and agent-assisted bookings.
- Calum Worthy released 2wai, an app that lets users chat with AI avatars of deceased relatives, sparking ethical concerns. Check out the marketing video:
👉 Explore these tools: Comet | Manus Browser Operator | NotebookLM | Replit | 2wai
Other Quick Picks
- Cursor raised $2.3B and hit a $29.3B valuation, tripling since June and launching its first in-house AI model, Composer 1.
- Disney is testing AI video toolsfor Disney+ that let users generate short videos directly inside the platform.
- OpenAI is appealing a court order to hand over 20M anonymized ChatGPT logs to the New York Times in a copyright case.
- Meta’s AI chief Yann LeCun plans to leave and launch a startup focused on video-based world models.
- Ethan Mollick argues AI needs task-based interviews, not test scores, to prove real-world value in companies.
- McKinsey finds 88% of firms use AI, but only 6% reach significant impact, scaling and innovation remain key bottlenecks. I will give an overview of the new report soon.
🇪🇪 AI News from Estonia
- The Institute of the Estonian Language and the Chancellor of Justice’s Office emphasized the need for a clear legal framework for developing Estonian-language AI.
- According to a Microsoft report, Lithuania leads AI adoption in the Baltics, but Estonia and Latvia are close behind due to strong infrastructure and policy.
- The Garage48 anniversary hackathon was won by Closaria, an AI-powered family shopping assistant helping users make more informed purchasing decisions.
🎙️ AIPowerment Podcast dropped a new end-of-month episode featuring Evelin Ebruk from AIRE (AI & Robotics Estonia), discussing how AI supports Estonian industry and connects to European funding and infrastructure.
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